Abstract :
Koa, Delviana. 2021. This study entitled An analysis of students’ ability in descriptive
writing the first grade of SMK St. Agustinus Kefamenanu in the teaching year
2020/2021. Universitas Timor. Main Advisor (1) Drs. Edmundus Bouk, M.Pd , and
Associate Advisor (2) Drs. Anselmus Sahan, M.Pd.
This study discusses the analysis of students' abilities in descriptive writing. The
purpose of this study was To find out whether or not the first grade students of
SMK St. Agustinus Kefamenanu have mastered descriptive writing, To point out the
difficulties the students find in descriptive writing and To categorize their mastery
level on descriptive writing. The method used in this research is descriptive
qualitative. The instrument used is a writing test. The population in this study was
the first grade students of SMK St. Agustinus Kefamenanu for the academic year
2020/2021. The research sample is class X A which consists of 24 students.
This research was discussed about the students have mastered the vocabulary on
descriptive writing. The data shows that their total of score is 1,930 (or: 80.416).
Mechanic is still the difficult part they faced in learning the descriptive writing. In this
part, their score was about 220 (or: 9.16). On the basis of the scores they got, their level
of mastery in descriptive writing is categorized very good because 18 students’ scores
are on this mastery level.